HUMAN MIGRATION MR. YOUNG SOCIAL STUDIES SURVEY Why People Move

Essential Question What might be potential reasons for people migrating from America today and deciding to live overseas?

I CAN: 1. List several different times in history in which people have moved from one place to another 2. Identify different reasons why people move from one location to the next 3. Explain the difference between the terms push and pull factors

Push and Pull Factors Push Factors- an occurrence that forces people from one place to another (famine, war) Pull Factors- an occurrence that lures people from one place to another (jobs, food, water)

Push and Pull Factors

Push and Pull Factors Video 5 minutes Australia needs more workers (1:30 min)

Reasons Why People Move 1. Source of food has moved or been depleted 2. Being forced to move by an outside source 3. Being forced to move because of a natural disaster 4. Job loss within your area or job creation elsewhere

Early Man Many years ago, tribal peoples followed their food source. Before farming, large animals like mammoths or bison were needed to keep a tribe fed.

Early Migration Videos Earliest Human Migration (5 min)

African Slave Trade Since the very beginnings of European settlement in the New World, slavery existed. The Spanish enslaved the natives to work on sugar cane plantations and the English started the African slave trade in the 1600’s.

African Slave Trade (Early in History and USA) John Greene video (11:08)

The Irish In 1845, a famine known as “potato rot” swept through Ireland. For five years, the potato crop was undependable. Many Irish farmers were barely surviving as it was, this made things unbearable. Millions of Irish immigrants came to the U.S. during this time.

African Americans in the South The American Civil War ended slavery as an institution, but that did not mean all problems were solved. Most African Americans in the South had few opportunities to find good jobs and few personal freedoms. In the early parts of the 1900’s, around 6 million African Americans moved to northern cities to find jobs. This was called the Great Migration.

Great Migration Chart

The Great Migration Video The-Great-Migration.htm The-Great-Migration.htm Great Migration (2 min)

Dust Bowl During the Great Depression, when the economic conditions were already horrible, a drought hit the Great Plains. Over-cultivation of the land and lack of rain caused great dust storms. Many farmers lost their land and were forced to move west in search of jobs.

Carl Sandberg “The People, Yes” " In the darkness with a great bundle of grief the people march In the night, and overhead a shovel of stars for keeps, the people march: "Where to? What next?"

Documenting the Dust Bowl depression/videos#migrant-mother-photo depression/videos#migrant-mother-photo Documenting the Migrant Workers coming to California during the Dust Bowl (3 min)

Bosnia War and Migration Video (4:35 min)

Bosnia During the 1990’s, a war broke out in what had been the country of Yugoslavia. Disagreements over religion, and groups fighting for independence led to a humanitarian crisis. Fighting in city neighborhoods and “ethnic cleansing” caused thousands to flee their country.

Hurricane Katrina Video 5n 5n CBS News (4 min)

Hurricane Katrina In 2005, a category five hurricane hit New Orleans. Over 1800 people were killed during the storm or during the flooding that occurred afterward. The homes and property in the lowest parts of the city were completely flooded when the levy broke.